UFC 146 Results: ‘Dos Santos vs. Mir’ Live Play-by-Play

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results of UFC
146, headlined by a UFC heavyweight title clash between
champion Junior dos
Santos and former champion Frank Mir.

Round 1
Brown circles counterclockwise around Pineda, testing the range
with kicks and jabs. Pineda leads off a combo with a superman punch
but can’t find Brown with the flurry. Brown comes with a hard right
hand, a body kick and another nice right over the top. Pineda tags
Brown with a double jab and an uppercut, and the ATT product is
momentarily on wobbly legs. Pineda tries to capitalize but Brown
rushes forward and moves Pineda across the cage with a takedown.
Pineda sweeps on top and Brown keeps him at bay with butterfly
guard. Pineda stands and Brown follows, clasping onto one of
Pineda’s legs and working for another takedown. They split, but not
before Brown socks Pineda with another hard overhand right. Pineda
chops at the lead leg of Brown with a kick, has a right hand
partially blocked and moves out of the way of a Brown combo. Brown
tries a front kick, gets countered over the top. Pineda ducks a
punch and tries to hustle Brown to the floor, but Brown uses the
momentum to toss Pineda down. Brown lands on top in half-guard with
half a minute left but can’t mount any significant offense as
Pineda ties up.

Round 2
It’s a firefight to begin the second, with Brown clipping Pineda
and then the “Pit” throwing bombs in the pocket. Pineda hits a
takedown seconds later but Brown grabs a front headlock to slow the
attack. Pineda stands up and gets dumped on his head by Brown with
a huge slam. Brown’s on top in side control on Pineda’s left side
now, but Pineda grabs a leg and executes a beautiful sweep, lifting
Brown’s legs and placing him on his back. Pineda tries a
north-south choke, can’t get it and gets pinned against the fence.
Brown starts unloading with big uppercuts to the head and body,
then stiff knees. Just when it looks as if Pineda is beginning to
wilt, he starts throwing back and gets off the cage. Pineda uses
side-kicks to keep Brown at range now and Brown slips throwing a
low kick. Pineda tries to rush in but Brown catches him in a
guillotine, then puts Pineda on his back and takes top position.
Brown is landing some heavy punches on top but Pineda gives him a
good elbow before the end of the round that cuts the former WEC
champ open on the forehead.

Round 3
Brown pumps his jab, pulling up short as he tries to chase Pineda
down. Pineda lands a left hook, has a high kick blocked a moment
later. Brown gets into range and drops Pineda with a knee to the
body, then pounces and tries to pound it out. Pineda shrimps and
stays alive, keeping Brown in his half-guard until two minutes into
the round, when Brown pops out. Fifteen seconds later, Pineda
swivels his hips to regain full guard. Brown is keeping the offense
coming from on top, mashing with punches even as Pineda tries to
control and tie up. Brown is warned by ref Yves Lavigne to mind his
head position in the close quarters. In one quick move, Pineda dips
around the back and cinches up a body triangle to secure Brown’s
back. Pineda has a minute to work with as he softens Brown up for a
rear-naked choke. Brown is defending well, keeping hold of one of
Pineda’s wrists to fend off any choke attempt. Brown spends the
last 30 seconds covering up, absorbing punches as he’s unable to
get Pineda off his back.

Round 1
Teixeira is swinging heavy leather from the bell, walking inside
and bombing with hooking combos. Kingsbury tries to back him up
with a front kick, but Teixeira walks right through it and drops
the Californian with a nasty right uppercut. Kingsbury turtles,
eats some more punches, then puts his back on the mat as Teixeira
hops into full mount. Heavy on top, Teixeira thumps the already red
face of Kingsbury with further unanswered punches. Teixeira gets an
arm-triangle choke as Kingsbury tries to sit up, hops off to the
left side to finish. Kingsbury’s face goes even redder and he taps
out, then appears to go unconscious just as Teixeira releases the
hold. At 1:53 of the opening round, Glover Teixeira collects a
stellar submission win in his UFC debut.

Round 1
Volkmann flicks out a low kick to start while Sass misses high.
They tie up and Sass shoves Volkmann into the fence, then pulls
guard. Volkmann lands on top in Sass’ half-guard with a loose
headlock under his right arm. Volkmann lets the head go and Sass
throws his legs up for a triangle, transitions to an omoplata and
loses it. Volkmann stands up, looks for an opening and goes back
into Sass’ guard. Sass is immediately thinking triangle, inching up
his right leg and looking to move up his left. It doesn’t come, so
Sass changes angles, throws his left leg behind Volkmann’s head and
cinches it up. He stretches out Volkmann’s left arm and the
American quickly taps out. Sass picks up yet another submission
victory at 1:54 of the first round.

Round 1
There’s no touch of gloves as the welterweights meet in the center
of the cage, feeling one another out with quick jabs. Hardy tries
to come around the corner with a left jab and Ludwig cuts him off
with a straight punch. Ludwig tags Hardy with a flurry and the
Englishman clinches up, pushing Ludwig into the cage. Ludwig scores
with a trio of knees up the middle but can’t free himself from the
position. Hardy lets him go with just over three minutes left in
the round, exiting with a good one-two. Ludwig puts a pair of
straight punches on Hardy and “The Outlaw” smiles. Hardy is getting
beaten to the punch in exchanges, so he ties up and puts Ludwig on
the fence again. Ludwig scores with more knees, this time emerging
fro the position much quicker. Hardy steps forward and drops Ludwig
with a lead left hook, then raises his hands to celebrate as Ludwig
hits the ground. Ludwig is still conscious, so Hardy has to curtail
his celebration in order to pounce. A couple well-placed elbows
turn out Ludwig’s lights and referee Josh Rosenthal steps in to
wave this one off. Dan Hardy snaps his four-fight losing streak
with a knockout at 3:51 of the first round.

Round 1
Miller comes out dancing, switching stances back and forth, and
then taking the center of the cage. He quickly stuns Dollaway with
a left hand and grabs for a guillotine on the stunned “Doberman.”
Popping his head loose, Dollaway grabs Miller around the waist and
puts him on his back, albeit briefly. Miller stands with Dollaway
still on his back, kneeing at his thighs. Miller grabs a headlock
and gives Dollaway a noogie, takes a hard right hand in return as
Dollaway splits off. Dollaway lands a short left hook on the temple
and Miller’s legs buckle briefly, long enough for Dollaway to
pounce in the middle of the cage. Dollaway drags Miller over to the
fence, glued to Mayhem’s back. Miller tries to roll free but
Dollaway keeps the position and lands punches under the armpit.
Miller finally gets his back to the fence with 90 seconds left in
the round and tries to post up. Dollaway keeps control of the legs
and brings Miller back to the canvas with Miller’s right arm
trapped behind his back. Dollaway gives up the arm in exchange for
full mount. Miller gives up his back again, then twists around and
gets to his feet, looking exhausted.

Round 2
Miller’s nose is reddened as the second round begins and Dollaway
is looking to compound the damage with jabs. Ducking under a wild
right hand, Dollaway drags Miller to the mat and lets him back up.
Miller catches Dollaway with an overhand right and the Doberman is
staggering around the cage, stumbling backward. Miller chases him
down and tries another guillotine, but again Dollaway quickly
extracts his head. It’s the same position as last round now, with
Dollaway wrapped around Miller’s body, keeping him on the ground.
Miller gets back to his feet but can’t get away from Dollaway,
who’s just holding his opponent on the cage. Dollaway switches to a
high single-leg while Miller frames up a guillotine choke. Miller
almost has a 10-finger guillotine but it’s broken up as Dollaway
dumps him to the ground. Miller throws up his arms in frustration
as Dollaway holds him on the mat with 80 seconds left in the round.
Dollaway finally postures up to throw a couple shots, then goes
right back to flattening. Both men appear to throw illegal
head-butts in the last minute, and ref Lavigne verbally warns
them.

Round 3
It’s only 30 seconds before Dollaway has Miller on the ground
again, grinding from top position while a clearly fatigued Miller
tries desperately to get out of the position. Dollaway gets the
back as Miller tries to stand and scores with more punches under
the armpit. Miller goes to his knees and Dollaway gets one hook in.
Miller nearly clambers to his feet midway through the round, but
Dollaway drags him right back down and keeps thumping away with
middling ground-and-pound. Miller is offering nothing back, just
flat on his belly, eating punches with Dollaway on his back. The
shots aren’t anything brutal, but Miller has now eaten dozens in a
row without giving anything back. A frustrated Miller shrugs his
arms when he hears the 10-second clapper, and the Las Vegas fans
boo at the final horn.

Round 1
Barboza takes the center of the cage, missing with a knee up the
middle and scoring with a pair of chopping kicks to Varner’s lead
leg. Barboza goes inside with one, outside again, then up high.
Varner catches the head kick and rushes Barboza to the ground at
the base of the fence. From half-guard on Barboza’s right side,
Varner socks the Brazilian in the face with short left hands as he
works to pass. Barboza kicks the hips away and scrambles to his
feet, where he immediately resumes throwing low kicks. Varner backs
Barboza away with a right hook, then lands a left hook to the body.
Barboza keeps the leg kicks coming and Varner lands another right
hand. Barboza gets backed into the fence and then dumped to the
ground. Barboza wobbles to his feet, still stunned from a flurry of
ground-and-pound. Another big right hand from Varner sends Barboza
crashing down. The Brazilian grabs hold of Varner’s left leg, but
Varner just stays on top, slamming Barboza with left-handed
hammerfists. Barboza stops responding, absorbing five or six clean
shots, and referee Steve Mazzagatti steps in to save him from any
further punishment. Jamie Varner hands Edson Barboza his first
defeat in a stunning upset at 3:23 of the opening round.

Round 1
Elkins pumps a jab and Brandao misses with a murderous uppercut.
Elkins comes in to clinch but gets stuffed down to the ground and
nearly mounted. Elkins scrambles out from underneath and hustles
Brandao into the fence. Brandao uses a kimura to sweep on top and
throw strikes through the American’s open guard. Elkins has a
kimura of his own now but loses it as Brandao stands up and backs
away. On the feet again, Brandao sprawls all over a shot, gets
turned around by a grazing punch. Unfazed, Brandao charges forward
and drops Elkins with a flying knee. It’s side control on Elkins’
left for Brandao, who mashes with hard elbows as he looks to mount.
Brandao gets mount briefly but gets shoved off by Elkins, and the
featherweights are back on their feet again with two minutes to go.
Elkins lands a straight right, gets clipped behind the ear with a
left hand. Brandao gets him on the ground again and moves to side
control. Elkins grabs onto a leg and Brandao stands, then comes
crashing back in with a thunderous right hand. Elbows on top from
Brandao now with a minute to go; Elkins gives a couple hammerfists
from his back. Brandao is getting off some hard ground-and-pound
but it’s sporadic. He finishes the round on top.

Round 2
Elkins uses long punches to keep the shorter Brandao at bay, and
Brandao’s offensive output has slowed visibly from the first round.
Brandao slips on a front kick and winds up with Elkins on top in
Brandao’s butterfly guard. Nice elbows by Brandao off his back, but
Elkins is thumping with some solid hands to the body and head as he
keeps Brandao on the ground. Half-guard now for Elkins, stuffed
back to full guard where he lands a series of hard right hands.
Elkins throws knees to the body of Brandao from half-guard and
smothers on top, maybe looking for an arm-triangle. Elkins gets to
full mount and smashes Brandao with a dozen or more unanswered
punches. Brandao bucks him off but can’t get off his back before
the round ends.

Round 3
Elkins keeps the long punches coming while Brandao looks to counter
with an uppercut. After 40 seconds, Elkins hits a single-leg and
Brandao puts him in full guard. Brandao shifts his hips and throws
his legs up, but Elkins is heavy on top, grinding away with elbows.
Elkins mixes punches and elbows from half-guard, then hops into
full mount midway through the final round. Brandao regains
half-guard but he’s trapped against the fence and looks completely
exhausted as he tries to get out from underneath. Elkins briefly
threatens with a one-armed guillotine on top but Brandao powers out
of it and back up to his feet. Brandao shoves Elkins to the ground
and winds up in the American’s guard. Elkins ties up Brandao’s head
to avoid and bombs from on top, but Brandao postures up to land one
right hand before the horn.

Round 1
Johnson lands first with a big right hand to the body and follows
with an uppercut as he clinches Struve into the fence. Johnson
scoots the already bloodied “Skyscraper” along the perimeter, but
Struve has an underhook and he jumps guard. Struve goes underneath
with Johnson’s left arm in his grasps, and Johnson taps before
Struve can even go belly-down with the armbar. Stefan Struve gets
the submission win just 65 seconds into the opening frame.

Round 1
Miocic comes over the top with a right hand as del Rosario throws a
leg kick. Del Rosario pushes forward, slinging long punches, but
Miocic is just out of range. Del Rosario throws a left kick to the
body, then another, though the second one is caught by Miocic.
Another kick to the body from del Rosario, then a few down low. Del
Rosario is just pounding Miocic’s body with kicks, but Miocic is
doing well to keep his fists in del Rosario’s face with
combinations. A straight left hand backs Miocic up and a left high
kick nearly does worse. Miocic splits del Rosario’s guard with a
straight right, gets grazed by another left high kick. Miocic
strings together a couple strong combinations but gets clipped with
a counter-left in the pocket. Del Rosario clinches and lands a knee
up the middle, then a left hand before clinching. Miocic turns him
into the fence, throws a couple mild knees and lets him out. Thirty
seconds left and Miocic sticks a right hand in del Rosario’s face,
then takes one in return. Another head kick slaps Miocic and he
bodylocks, then slams del Rosario to the ground. Miocic stands up
and walks away with a couple seconds left, and that’s how the frame
ends.

Round 2
Miocic walks del Rosario into the fence and has del Rosario on the
ground soon after. The Ohioan stands up from side control to bash
del Rosario with hammerfists, then goes back down to del Rosario’s
half-guard. Miocic is taking his time on top, controlling del
Rosario with a forearm across the throat as he leans from left to
right. More hammerfists from Miocic now and del Rosario’s blood is
staining the mat as he tries to buck and roll. Del Rosario just
can’t escape and Miocic begins drilling him with hard forearms and
elbows to the face. Del Rosario is still conscious, but he’s not
offering anything in return and referee Yves Lavigne pulls Miocic
off. Stipe Miocic stays unbeaten with the TKO win at 3:14 of the
second round.

Round 1
Herman pushes Nelson away with a couple front kicks and feints a
knee when Nelson looks like he’s about to shoot. Step-in knee to
the body from Herman, then more push kicks. Nelson lands a single,
massive overhand right behind on the cheek and Herman goes down
like he’s been shot. Nelson goes to follow up with more punches,
but referee Steve Mazzagatti is already stepping in. Roy Nelson
scores a crushing knockout just 51 seconds into the bout.

Round 1
Silva gives Velasquez’s gloves a hard tap during final
instructions, but it’s Velasquez who catches a kick and hits a big
takedown in the center of the cage in the opening seconds of the
bout. Silva grazes with an upkick and Velasquez goes down to the
Brazilian’s half-guard, where he cuts Silva’s nose open with an
elbow. Silva is spraying blood all over the mat, trying to shake it
out of his eyes as Velasquez attacks with severe ground-and-pound.
Silva grabs for a leg but Velasquez slips his way out and stands.
Referee Josh Rosenthal wants the doctor to have a look at Silva,
and rightfully so. Bigfoot’s face is drenched in blood, but he
tells the doc he’s good to go after having his eyes wiped clean.
Rosenthal wants them back on the ground with Velasquez in
half-guard. He lands some punches when they resume but Silva uses
his legs to push the ex-champ away. Velasquez stands and lowers a
few times, bringing heavy punches with him to the ground. Now he
settles in half-guard on the right side of Silva, who continues to
shake his head in an effort to get the blood out of his eyes. Silva
tries to scramble to his feet, gets caught turtling and takes some
punches before rolling to his back. Velasquez keeps the punishment
coming, unloading with brutal left hands from half-guard that have
Silva rolling onto his side. Referee Rosenthal has seen enough: he
calls an end to the onslaught and Cain Velasquez gets a grisly TKO
win at 3:36 of the first round.

Round 1
Mir stalks outward from the center of the cage and ducks a right
hook from the champ to grab at a single-leg. Dos Santos defends the
takedown against the cage and denies an attempt by Mir to pull
guard. Mir grabs for a leg on the ground but dos Santos pulls his
limb free and lets his challenger back to his feet. A jab goes for
dos Santos, then another as he counters a leg kick. A hook to the
body by the champ and he steps out of the way of a Mir high kick.
Dos Santos tags Mir with a counter left hook and dips out, comes
back to land a punch to the body. Mir slaps at the ribs of dos
Santos with a couple body kicks; he nearly knocks the champ
off-base with a leg kick in one exchange but instead eats another
counter left. Dos Santos landing straight punches and Mir outside
leg kicks as they step hesitantly with 90 seconds left in the
round. Mir puts a jab on dos Santos, who answers with a straight
shot to the breadbasket and a ripping uppercut to the ribs. The
heavyweights briefly look to clinch up late but quickly break off.
Dos Santos zaps Mir with a right hook to the forehead late and Mir
is in trouble, staggering along the fence as the champ unleashes
heavy combinations. Mir grabs desperately for a single-leg and the
champ just steps away.

Round 2
It’s a slow start to round two, a bit of tentative striking in the
first 30 seconds until dos Santos drills Mir with a straight right
hand. Another sends Mir to the canvas, but dos Santos motions him
back up. Mir motions that he’s been poked in the eye after one
exchange, but ref Herb Dean says he didn’t see it and the fight
goes on. Dos Santos is dipping in and out with single shots,
straight punches and uppercuts. He scores a straight right and
moves his head out of the way of Mir’s counter. Mir throws some leg
kicks inside and out, though noticeably slower than in the first
round. A right hand on the cheek has Mir crashing to the ground,
turtling as dos Santos controls the waist and pummels him with
right hands. Dos Santos stands up and Mir just rolls onto his side;
when the Brazilian comes back to finish the job, referee Herb Dean
cuts him off. Junior dos Santos retains his UFC heavyweight title
with a TKO stoppage at 3:04 of the second round.